Texas Society of Anesthesiologists (TSA) Annual Meeting 2019

Texas Society of Anesthesiologists (TSA) Annual Meeting 2019 is organized by Texas Society of Anesthesiologists (TSA) and will be held from Sep 05 - 08, 2019 at Hyatt Regency Lost Pines Resort And Spa, Lost Pines, Texas, United States of America.

Target Audience:
This activity is designed for anesthesiologists and resident anesthesiologists from Texas and surrounding states.

Accreditation Statements:
The Texas Medical Association designates this live activity for a maximum of 22.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Educational Methods:
The educational methods consist of didactic lectures, workshops and hands-on sessions with opportunities for Q&A from the audience and panel discussions.

Program Objectives:
The practitioner of anesthesiology must possess the scientific background for clinical practice and must maintain state-of-the-art knowledge of not only the specialty, but of all additional related disciplines which may impact it. The anesthesiologist must serve as an expert in matters involving health care delivery, and serve as an informed provider/manager of clinical and educational services. The anesthesiologist must maintain an up-to-theminute armamentarium of knowledge skills for the selection and use of complex equipment, pharmacological agents and procedures necessary for the provision of quality patient care. As more surgical procedures are performed outside the operating room, anesthesiologists must be familiar with the various clinical settings and medical emergencies with which he/ she may be confronted. Anesthesiologists must consistently update their knowledge level and skills. At the conclusion of this CME activity, attendees should be able to:
• To discuss a more thoughtful approach to multimodal and multidisciplinary way to tackle the opioid crises as well as best practices adopted for the treatment of acute and chronic pain
• To receive information on any new laws that affect a physician or facility’s ability to bill in Texas
• For physician anesthesiologists to converse over the ways in which government defines scope of practice and the ways in which that definition can be affected through the executive and legislative branches of government
• Explore the secondary effects of recent legislative efforts to combat the opioid epidemic on chronic pain patients
• Identify clinical indications and contraindications for ketamine use in acute pain management
• Discuss the pathophysiologic mechanisms of complications associated with the use of sugammadex
• Contrast risks and benefits of perioperative aspirin therapy in noncardiac, cardiac, and vascular surgery
• Identify patient factors and surgical factors that place a patient at higher risk for POVL
• Compare and contrast recent pertinent literature from leading high impact scientific publications and integrate this information into daily practice
• Review the anesthetic implications of pediatric airway on induction, maintenance, and emergence from anesthesia
• Review the appropriate work-up for a heart murmur diagnosed during a pre-operative assessment
• Recognize the relevant perioperative concerns when providing anesthesia to children
• Define stress in the health care environment and how stress effects healthcare professionals
• Explore coping mechanisms and management of stress
• Convey key trends and challenges facing the specialty in the market, legislative, and regulatory arenas
• Analyze the current political climate as it relates to health care issues and review the current state of major health reforms
• Discuss the value of advocacy by physicians and anesthesiologists to advance health care delivery and improve patient outcomes
• Discuss gender diversity, inclusion, and leadership in advancing medicine and anesthesiology to improving patient outcomes
• Review the major pre-operative, intra-operative, and post-operative complications associated with aortic dissection
• Describe national and international professional guidelines in perioperative management of cardiac patients for non-cardiac surgery as well as risk prevention of cardiac ischemic events
• Identify risk factors for hemorrhage in parturient
• Recognize indication of the point of care ultrasound and its impact on patient management
• Discuss the timing and safety of regional and neuraxial anesthesia in children
• Highlight major changes from the new 2019 patient safety of regional and neuraxial anesthesia in children
• Familiarize themselves with strategies for pre-operative optimization of Jehovah’s witness patients
• Become acquainted with what THRIVE is
• Describe the key recommendations in the CDC guideline for prescribing opioids
• Explore the secondary effects of recent legislative efforts to combat the opioid epidemic on chronic pain patients
• Compare and contrast recent pertinent literature from leading high impact scientific publications and integrate this information into daily practice
• Review the anesthetic implications of the pediatric airway on induction, maintenance, and emergence from anesthesia
• Discuss renal and hepatic physiology difference between fetal/infant vs. Childhood/adolescence
• Select appropriate cases for QL, ESP, and PECS blocks and differentiate when each block would be best utilized
• Identify two components of the anatomy of a lawsuit
• Define the relationship between the incidence of aspiration and nil per os status in the pediatric population
• Construct an anesthetic plan that matches the patient condition
• Discuss the assessment and management of a child with an upper respiratory infection pre-operatively
• Recognize treatment gaps in complex pain patients who are admitted to the hospital for medical illness or surgery
• Apply understanding of dominant factors in opioid prescribing that lead to opioid dependence to design a transitional pain service that provides appropriate opioid stewardship and promotes functional recovery
• Define individual actions expected of each ASA member in order to advance the specialty and secure the future
• Review the importance of advocacy and professional citizenship
• Highlight major changes from the new 2019 patient safety initiatives
• Analyze the clinical dilemma of how to effectively manage antiplatelet therapy, their benefits and their risks. Discuss the controversy surrounding the perioperative use of antiplatelet agent in patients with coronary artery disease and stents
• Discuss the impact on your clinical practice by the following American Academy of Pediatrics’ updated guideline on the management of bronchiolitis: “Clinicians should not administer albuterol or systemic corticosteroids to infants with a diagnosis of bronchiolitis in any setting”
• Formulate a management plan for massive transfusion protocols.

Additional details will be posted as soon as they are available.